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all right, john berman congratulations. congratulations. >> the eyes. >> the chiselled jaw, dimple in the chin blah blah blah. thanks to both of you. let's talk ads now. am i the only person in america not to love the rescued puppy commercial. cute puppy, cute horses cute man, way too easy. should have taken a cue from budweiser, when you see a cute kid, he actually should not die. >> i'll never get cooties. i'll never learn to fly tore travel the world with my best friend. brian is here to discuss and john berman is making an appearance again, too, because we love him, we really do. brian, what's with nationwide? it was a downer. actually a baseball player brandon mccarthy had the best responding tweet. hey, maybe sara mclaughlin will make an appearance and we can all be cheered up. >> that is pretty good. i liked this ad. felt bad for the actor. the ad was so jarring and grim it got your attention. that was the purpose of the ad to get your attention. at the same time it was so out of sorts for a super bowl ad. they knew
all right, john berman congratulations. congratulations. >> the eyes. >> the chiselled jaw, dimple in the chin blah blah blah. thanks to both of you. let's talk ads now. am i the only person in america not to love the rescued puppy commercial. cute puppy, cute horses cute man, way too easy. should have taken a cue from budweiser, when you see a cute kid, he actually should not die. >> i'll never get cooties. i'll never learn to fly tore travel the world with my best friend....
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my co- anchor john berman one of six contestants. he dominated most of the night before this answer. >> which performer did not sing at a swearing in ceremony? kelly clarkson? >> beyonce. b. >> that is incorrect. >> she lip synced. >> oh, that's low. that is a low blow. >> give him the points. >> turns out the correct answer the textbook answer barbra streistand. >>> all right. egypt this morning stepping up attacks on isis as retaliation for the brutal beheading video. are the air strikes the beginning of a bigger military campaign? >>> egypt stepping up the campaign on isis in the wake of the brutal video showing the murders of egyptian christians as the american people show they want a stronger response in the fight of isis. >>> up to 1,000 people evacuated after a train carrying crude oil derails in west virginia. smoke and flames fill the sky and fears of taint the drinking water. we have the latest. >>> a burst of winter piling on the misery this morning. roads expected to be covered in ice making for another dangerous commute
my co- anchor john berman one of six contestants. he dominated most of the night before this answer. >> which performer did not sing at a swearing in ceremony? kelly clarkson? >> beyonce. b. >> that is incorrect. >> she lip synced. >> oh, that's low. that is a low blow. >> give him the points. >> turns out the correct answer the textbook answer barbra streistand. >>> all right. egypt this morning stepping up attacks on isis as retaliation for...
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my co- anchor john berman one of the smart six contestants. he dominated the night and caused controversy with this answer. >> which performer did not sing at a swearing in ceremony? >> beyonce. >> that is incorrect. >> it is correct. she lip synced. >> that is a low blow. >> give him the points. >> the correct answer was barbra streisand. i do guarantee you, if you are playing trivia pursuit, you want john berman on your team. >>> new details about the $1 billion cyber heist. how are hackers able to break into the banks' systems? an early start on your money next. you get sick you can't breathe through your nose suddenly, you're a mouth breather. a mouth breather! well, put on a breathe right strip and shut your mouth. cold medicines open your nose over time, but add a breathe right strip and pow, it opens your nose up to 38% more. so you can breathe and do the one thing you want to do sleep. add breathe right to your cold medicine shut your mouth and sleep right. breathe right. and look for the calming scent of new breathe right lavender in
my co- anchor john berman one of the smart six contestants. he dominated the night and caused controversy with this answer. >> which performer did not sing at a swearing in ceremony? >> beyonce. >> that is incorrect. >> it is correct. she lip synced. >> that is a low blow. >> give him the points. >> the correct answer was barbra streisand. i do guarantee you, if you are playing trivia pursuit, you want john berman on your team. >>> new details...
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. >> john berman should get the points. that's my answer. >> which performer did not sing at a swearing-in ceremony, kelly clarkson, beyonce, aretha franklin, barbra streisand? >> barbra streisand. >> that's correct. as a child, martin van buren is the first president to speak english. what was his language at home? >> dutch. >> that's correct. calvin coolidge had many pets. which of the following was not one of his pets? billy the pygmy -- >> billy the pygmy hipo. >> that is incorrect. a donkey, the donkey, the horse? >> smoky the bobcat. >> that is incorrect. >> zacharia the horse. >> that is correct. >> there is no such thing as a pygmy hippo. >> president bill clinton set the record for the most what? >> international trips. >> that is correct. number 14, since tapped in 1910, every president except one has opened a major league baseball season during their tenure. >> jimmy carter. >> that is correct. who was the only one not to have done that. >> what was the question? >> who did not open a season. how many presidents
. >> john berman should get the points. that's my answer. >> which performer did not sing at a swearing-in ceremony, kelly clarkson, beyonce, aretha franklin, barbra streisand? >> barbra streisand. >> that's correct. as a child, martin van buren is the first president to speak english. what was his language at home? >> dutch. >> that's correct. calvin coolidge had many pets. which of the following was not one of his pets? billy the pygmy -- >> billy the...
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. >> i'm john berman. it is monday february 23rd. the president of egypt is calling for an arab force to fight isis. the sign that middle eastern countries are heeding president obama's call to step up in the fight against isis. jordan and uea offered to send assistance for egypt to help libya. i want to bring in cnn's ian lee with the latest from cairo. ian, this is a call to arms. >> reporter: it is. good morning. we heard from president sisi was a state of union address from egypt. right off the top was the fight against isis. egypt fighting on two fronts. battling them are northern sinai and they had 13 air strikes targeting isis in libya after the brutal beheading of the 21 egyptian christians. he talked about the pan arab army saying the need for arab force is growing and increasingly needed every day. he didn't give many details about what this force would look like and who would happen but we know that arab countries have offered assistance for the battle. with the need that the egyptian military's main role is to defend only
. >> i'm john berman. it is monday february 23rd. the president of egypt is calling for an arab force to fight isis. the sign that middle eastern countries are heeding president obama's call to step up in the fight against isis. jordan and uea offered to send assistance for egypt to help libya. i want to bring in cnn's ian lee with the latest from cairo. ian, this is a call to arms. >> reporter: it is. good morning. we heard from president sisi was a state of union address from...
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and my partner was john berman. john can't wipe the smile off his face. i think we all had a bit of -- >> it was so much fun. now that it's over, i can't help but smile. >> let's play a game. one of the games you play is you get four presidents right? four on the screen. the answer i give is always one of the four presidents. i just want to prove to you how i had the most amazing partner. are you ready? >> ready. >> this president invented a swivel chair and you plow a -- >> 10%. >> correct. he signed legislation creating the federal reserve system. give you a hint? >> no. woodrow wilson. >> yes. he was the first president to join out the opening ball -- >> tapt. >> rumored to have -- >> john kennedy but i don't buy it. >> this was the first president to visit europe. >> woodrow wilson. >> the only president to serve as chief justice -- >> tapt. >> this left the white house -- >> that's taft also. >> and this responsible for governmentwide segregation of workplaces. >> woodrow wilson. >> this president wrote letters to his mistress in which he named inapp
and my partner was john berman. john can't wipe the smile off his face. i think we all had a bit of -- >> it was so much fun. now that it's over, i can't help but smile. >> let's play a game. one of the games you play is you get four presidents right? four on the screen. the answer i give is always one of the four presidents. i just want to prove to you how i had the most amazing partner. are you ready? >> ready. >> this president invented a swivel chair and you plow a...
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i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. 5:00 a.m. in the east. this morning, president obama striving for a balance with the battle against violent extremism and mainstream respect for muslims around the world. the president carefully avoided the label islamic extremism. it is a controversial choice by the white house. critics say islamist militants should be dealt head on. the president says he doesn't want to give religious legitimacy. >> they are not religious. they're terrorists. and we are not at war with islam. we are at war with people who perverted islam. >> senior white house correspondent jim acosta has the latest. >> reporter: john and christine president obama defended decision to stay away from islamic terrorism because he doesn't want to give groups like isis and al qaeda any street credibility. the president pointed out muslims are the victims of isis more often than people from other religious groups. he noted the other muslims killed in chapel hill north carolina. the president said people of islamic faith, we offer our love and
i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. 5:00 a.m. in the east. this morning, president obama striving for a balance with the battle against violent extremism and mainstream respect for muslims around the world. the president carefully avoided the label islamic extremism. it is a controversial choice by the white house. critics say islamist militants should be dealt head on. the president says he doesn't want to give religious legitimacy. >> they are not religious. they're...
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i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. it's 30 minutes after the hour. a huge winter storm has been burying the midwest with snow disrupting travel. did it to the midwest. it's now doing it to the northeast. more than 70 million people across a huge stretch of the country are affected. some 2,000 flights cancelled on sunday. many of those in and out of chicago. another 2500 flights have been scratched today. this same storm system is now here in the northeast. it promises heavy snowfall in new england and just a mess around new york city. >> the biggest threat in this case would be ice. we would expect a lot of icing on our roads and sidewalks up to a quarter inch of ice in some places. a lot of that would happen in the early morning hours. >> it is those early morning hours now. let's get a sense of where things stand. chad myers out there this morning. >> reporter: rain freezing rain and snow it's all mixing together. it's going to be ab ugly afternoon here as well. the mayor was talking about how the ice will be in the morning. we'll get to 35 degrees
i'm christine romans. >> and i'm john berman. it's 30 minutes after the hour. a huge winter storm has been burying the midwest with snow disrupting travel. did it to the midwest. it's now doing it to the northeast. more than 70 million people across a huge stretch of the country are affected. some 2,000 flights cancelled on sunday. many of those in and out of chicago. another 2500 flights have been scratched today. this same storm system is now here in the northeast. it promises heavy...
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i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. new this morning, the president of egypt calling for a unified arab force to fight isis. this is the call for the arab countries to step up. jordan is stepping up and several nations are striking isis in syria and iraq all along. i want to bring in cnn's ian lee live in cairo with the latest. ian, this seemed like a call of arms from the egyptian leader. >> reporter: that's right, john. off the top of president's speech addressing the egyptian people the need to fight isis. egypt confronting isis on the sinai peninsula where they lost hundreds of security personnel and in libya. the president confirmed they had 13 air strikes against isis there. after the brutal beheading of 21 egyptian christians. he did call for the pan-arab army. saying there was a need for united arab force for the growing threat. he says the need is growing by the day. he did not give any real details about what that would look like or what that would consist of. we know other countries offered egypt assistance.
i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. new this morning, the president of egypt calling for a unified arab force to fight isis. this is the call for the arab countries to step up. jordan is stepping up and several nations are striking isis in syria and iraq all along. i want to bring in cnn's ian lee live in cairo with the latest. ian, this seemed like a call of arms from the egyptian leader. >> reporter: that's right, john. off the top of president's speech addressing the...
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cnn's john berman is good enough to join me on this friday afternoon. you know second only to you, my friend i have to say the president has pretty impressive comedic timing. >> thank you for that. look he did a very good job. he does a good job when he gives the speeches at the white house correspondents dinner and he tells the jokes he tells. george bush did the same thing and had the same kind of timing. these guys communicate a lot. i think over time they develop a sense of how to do it well and how to do it persuasively. that's what's going on here. don't make any mistake about it here. they are going after something here which is to get people to sign up for healthcare.gov. he's very entertaining and at the same time getting like 15 million views as of 8:00 last night. i have no idea what it is now. got to be through the roof. >> crazy. just like your twitter followers, i'm sure. what's the deal? because we look at the recent interviews or the president is conducting, you have buzzfeed you have the youtube stars that they allowed to interview the
cnn's john berman is good enough to join me on this friday afternoon. you know second only to you, my friend i have to say the president has pretty impressive comedic timing. >> thank you for that. look he did a very good job. he does a good job when he gives the speeches at the white house correspondents dinner and he tells the jokes he tells. george bush did the same thing and had the same kind of timing. these guys communicate a lot. i think over time they develop a sense of how to do...
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i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. in the wake of a horrifying plane crash in taiwan officials are inspecting all models of the plane. 15 injured in the crash and 11 are still missing. investigators have down loaded data from the black boxes and analyzing dash cam video of the crash you can see here. and this brief transmission from the cockpit of an engine flameout and may day. >> may day. may day. >> cnn's anna coren is live in t'aipei where the river where the plane came to rest. >> reporter: christine, divers scoured the river and found another body. 11 are still unaccounted for. that means less than a quarter of the passengers on board that transasia flight 235 managed to survive. when you stand here christine, and you look at the surroundings the fact that the plane clipped the overhead above us the major bridge and crashed into the water behind us it is a miracle that anyone managed to walk away with their lives. i think that is the tragedy. some people have escaped pretty much unhurt and there are all these dea
i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. in the wake of a horrifying plane crash in taiwan officials are inspecting all models of the plane. 15 injured in the crash and 11 are still missing. investigators have down loaded data from the black boxes and analyzing dash cam video of the crash you can see here. and this brief transmission from the cockpit of an engine flameout and may day. >> may day. may day. >> cnn's anna coren is live in t'aipei where the river where the plane...
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i'm john berman. christine romans is off today. we begin with the west struggling to stop the carnage in ukraine. angela merkel meeting face-to-face with president obama this morning. merkel favors sanctions against russia if vladimir putin does not agree to end the fighting by wednesday. president obama facing pressure to arm ukraine. something merkel opposes. our frederik pleitgen is live in kiev this morning. good morning, fred. >> reporter: good morning, john. the eu is getting together earlier today and they are deciding whether or not to expand sanctions against russian individuals. not sectors of the entire economy, but individuals. however, one of the things that we always need to point out is until this point in time sanctions have had virtually no effect on russia as it pertains to the battle in eastern ukraine. it has not made russia change its course at all. the people in kiev see the talks in minsk in the capital of belarus which is the best chance of getting the cease-fire agreement going. there is work that need to b
i'm john berman. christine romans is off today. we begin with the west struggling to stop the carnage in ukraine. angela merkel meeting face-to-face with president obama this morning. merkel favors sanctions against russia if vladimir putin does not agree to end the fighting by wednesday. president obama facing pressure to arm ukraine. something merkel opposes. our frederik pleitgen is live in kiev this morning. good morning, fred. >> reporter: good morning, john. the eu is getting...
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i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. three brooklyn men in fed kral custody charged in a plot to join isis in syria. one including an attempt on president obama's life. fbi agents arrested one man and one man from kazakhstan. officials say his 24-year-old friend from uzbekistan to follow later and a 30-year-old allegedly helped organize and finance this operation. let's go to cnn's deborah. >> reporter: the hearing was delayed a couple of hours because one wanted a translator to understand all of the charges and documents filed against him. the 19-year-old was picked up as he was on the jetway ready to board that plane to turkey. that's when he was arrested. the third man, the money man, he was at a hearing in florida. he owns a series of kiosks in philadelphia and virginia beach. he fixes mobile phones. all three are facing conspiracy charges of providing material support to terrorists. the two so-called jihadists wanted to get to syria to join the terror group. both of the men did have back-up plans. the 19-year-old ha
i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. three brooklyn men in fed kral custody charged in a plot to join isis in syria. one including an attempt on president obama's life. fbi agents arrested one man and one man from kazakhstan. officials say his 24-year-old friend from uzbekistan to follow later and a 30-year-old allegedly helped organize and finance this operation. let's go to cnn's deborah. >> reporter: the hearing was delayed a couple of hours because one wanted a translator...
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i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. new this morning, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is trying a new tactic to break the stalemate after a fourth failed senate vote monday night for the funding bill. the majority leader announced a separate vote on blocking president obama's executive orders on immigration. that would separate the funding issue from the immigration issue. republicans and democrats are both expressing doubt whether that type of measure can be passed by the end of the week if at all. now, if there is no progress homeland security funding runs out on friday which would send non-essential dhs employees home and essential employees would have to go to work but not get paid. cnn's michelle kosinski has more on the effects of the shutdown. >> reporter: john and christine, for the first time, we hear the administration say that it looks like this political showdown is heading for a shutdown for the department of homeland security. for the first time we are hearing the administration. the president himse
i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. new this morning, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell is trying a new tactic to break the stalemate after a fourth failed senate vote monday night for the funding bill. the majority leader announced a separate vote on blocking president obama's executive orders on immigration. that would separate the funding issue from the immigration issue. republicans and democrats are both expressing doubt whether that type of measure can be passed by the...
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john berman has the morning off. it is 4:29 on the east coast. breaking news on the crisis in ukraine. marathon talks with leaders of france germany and russia and ukraine have paid off. the group announcing a cease-fire agreement has been reached. our nic robertson joins us from minsk. this is incredible. an hour ago they said they don't have a deal. >> reporter: that is exactly right. i'm passing on the street here the motorcade with the german chancellor angela merkel leaving minsk. few minutes ago, president putin drove down the center of the city. the police closing the streets. we heard from the president putin. we heard from the spokesman from the chancellor. an hour ago, president petro poroshenko said there wasn't enough on the table. what we have heard from president putin, president putin has said there is an agreement for a cease-fire to begin on sunday the 15th of february. several days from now. this is a broad agreement to pull back heavy weapons. beyond that we do not have details yet. an absolute marathon session. a spokesperson
john berman has the morning off. it is 4:29 on the east coast. breaking news on the crisis in ukraine. marathon talks with leaders of france germany and russia and ukraine have paid off. the group announcing a cease-fire agreement has been reached. our nic robertson joins us from minsk. this is incredible. an hour ago they said they don't have a deal. >> reporter: that is exactly right. i'm passing on the street here the motorcade with the german chancellor angela merkel leaving minsk....
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john berman has the morning off. we are learning more about the british accented voice that the world has come to know as jihadi john. beyond the nickname believed to be mohammed emwazi. a privileged upbringing in london and a bright middle class future. at the top of the list of questions, why? was it mistreatment by authorities or was he on path to terrorism earlier? we have isa soares live in london with the latest. what are we learning about jihadi john? >> reporter: good morning, christine. the first question many people are asking is how is it possible he was able to evade authorities who had been in contact with him more than a dozen times who had known him for six years. newspapers are asking shocking defense of jihadi john. if i show you the daily telegraph, mi 5 londoners allow jihadi john to slip the net. they questioned him in 2009 when he went on the supposed safari trip to tanzania. he was questioned then. he was questioned about his thoughts and 9/11 and supposedly they tried to recruit him. this is wh
john berman has the morning off. we are learning more about the british accented voice that the world has come to know as jihadi john. beyond the nickname believed to be mohammed emwazi. a privileged upbringing in london and a bright middle class future. at the top of the list of questions, why? was it mistreatment by authorities or was he on path to terrorism earlier? we have isa soares live in london with the latest. what are we learning about jihadi john? >> reporter: good morning,...
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john berman has this wednesday morning off. it's 30 minutes past the hour. let's begin with isis fighters launching a major attack in iraq near the kurdish city of erbil. now, kurdish officials say peshmerga troops have succeeded in pushing isis forces back far enough to let airstrikes begin. i want to bring in cnn's tim lister joining us from erbil with the very latest. tim's been listening to all of the traffic between the two sides in this story, the radio traffic and also watching as they've been allowed to have some space to have some airstrikes begin. tell us what's happening now, tim. >> reporter: the fighting for now, christine, is over because it's daylight. isis doesn't like to fight in the daylight. it prefers the cover of night. it's also very vulnerable to airstrikes in the daylight. this fighting went on for about five hours. a very substantial engagement. isis launched attacks from three particular points on very thinly dispersed kurdish lines southwest of erbil, some 25 to 30 miles from where i am right now. now, they could have penetrated th
john berman has this wednesday morning off. it's 30 minutes past the hour. let's begin with isis fighters launching a major attack in iraq near the kurdish city of erbil. now, kurdish officials say peshmerga troops have succeeded in pushing isis forces back far enough to let airstrikes begin. i want to bring in cnn's tim lister joining us from erbil with the very latest. tim's been listening to all of the traffic between the two sides in this story, the radio traffic and also watching as...
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"ac360" with john berman starts right now. >>> john berman sitting in for anderson. we begin with breaking news. blizzard warnings up again for a whole lot of people tonight. people thought the recent one two punch, actually one two three punch that buried them in three feet of snow and more in some places they thought it might be it for a while. nope. on the way, more snow hurricane force winds and now bitter bitter cold. so from the midwest to maine, tens of millions of people including those poor souls in boston are getting ready to face it all over again. let's bring in ivan cabrera in the weather center in atlanta. he's followed all the watches and warnings. ivan how bad is it going to be? >> i think it has the potential to be worse than the last storm. not because of how much snowfall but because of the wind. anywhere from 65 to 75 miles an hour. that's going to be an issue with the wind along the coast and the potential for coastal flooding and power outages. these blizzard extend to 495. if you're familiar with the area 40 miles west of boston. this is going
"ac360" with john berman starts right now. >>> john berman sitting in for anderson. we begin with breaking news. blizzard warnings up again for a whole lot of people tonight. people thought the recent one two punch, actually one two three punch that buried them in three feet of snow and more in some places they thought it might be it for a while. nope. on the way, more snow hurricane force winds and now bitter bitter cold. so from the midwest to maine, tens of millions of...
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i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. it's 4:00 a.m. in the east. a verdict is in in the american sniper murder trial. eddie ray routh found guilty of the murder of chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. the jury not persuaded by routh's claim he was not guilty by reason of insanity. cnn's ed lavandera was at the courthouse for the verdict. >> reporter: john and christine, it was a swift verdict. it took the jury here in stephenville texas, less than 2 1/2 hours to convict eddie ray routh of the murders of chris kyle and chad littlefield. rejecting his claims and his arguments that he was insane at the time of these murders back in february of 2013. this means that eddie ray routh will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. >> we just want to say that we've waited two years for god to get justice for us on behalf of our son, and as always god has proved to be faithful and we're so thrilled that we have the verdict that we have tonight. >> reporter: eddie ray routh showed no emotion as the verdict was read. he ju
i'm john berman. >> and i'm christine romans. it's 4:00 a.m. in the east. a verdict is in in the american sniper murder trial. eddie ray routh found guilty of the murder of chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. the jury not persuaded by routh's claim he was not guilty by reason of insanity. cnn's ed lavandera was at the courthouse for the verdict. >> reporter: john and christine, it was a swift verdict. it took the jury here in stephenville texas, less than 2 1/2 hours to...
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i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. this morning, president obama is striving between the violent extremeism which is what the white house calls it and respect for muslims around the world. at a three-day summit on countering violent extremism. the president carefully avoided labeling islamic extremism. islamist islamist islamist militantcy head on. >> they are not religious leaders. they are terrorists and we are not at war with islam. we are at war with people who perverted islam. >> we have jim acosta following the story. >> reporter: john and christine president obama defended the decision to stay away from islamic extremeism and terrorism. he doesn't want to give them street cred. muslims are the victims of isis more often than those of religious groups. the president said people of the islamic faith, we offer love and support. the line came when he rejected critics saying he has taken too soft of an approach. >> we all know there is no one profile of a violent extremism or terrorist. there is no way to predict who
i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. this morning, president obama is striving between the violent extremeism which is what the white house calls it and respect for muslims around the world. at a three-day summit on countering violent extremism. the president carefully avoided labeling islamic extremism. islamist islamist islamist militantcy head on. >> they are not religious leaders. they are terrorists and we are not at war with islam. we are at war with people who perverted...
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. >> i'm john berman. great to see you. the notion we're at war with islam is an ugly lie. those were the blunt words from president obama just moments ago in a speech he delivered. he said muslim nations muslim leaders need to work harder to change perceptions of america. he also said the world needs to do more to battle the roots of extremism. >> he was speaking to officials from more than 60 countries. this is part of the three-day summit. the white house has been putting on a summit on countering violent extremism. listen to a part of what president obama said. >> countering violent extremism begins with political, civic and religious leaders rejecting sectarian strife. second we have to confront the warped ideologies espoused by terrorists like al qaeda and isil especially their attempt to use islam to justify their violence. i discussed this at length yesterday. these terrorists are desperate for legitimacy, and owlall of us have a responsibility to refute the notion that groups like isil somehow represent islam because that is a falsehood that embraces the terrorist
. >> i'm john berman. great to see you. the notion we're at war with islam is an ugly lie. those were the blunt words from president obama just moments ago in a speech he delivered. he said muslim nations muslim leaders need to work harder to change perceptions of america. he also said the world needs to do more to battle the roots of extremism. >> he was speaking to officials from more than 60 countries. this is part of the three-day summit. the white house has been putting on a...
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." >> i'm john berman. the obama administration trying to stop the battle with the ukrainian government and pro-russian separatists there. secretary of state john kerry meeting about u.s. defensive aid. the secretary also backed the ukrainian prime minister claim that russia is directly supporting the rebels with tanks and troops. >> i would ask him simply mr. prime minister is it true that as the kremlin just said today, there are no russians on the ground? >> it seems to me the only country who strongly denies clear military russian boots on the ground is russian federation and president putin. if they need i can give them my glasses. >> wow. there is diplomacy efforts made on every level right now. leaders of france and germany trying to work out a peace agreement. they met yesterday with the an ukrainian president petro poroshenko. john kerry wants to discuss a new around of aid for ukraine. let's get the latest developments. cnn's erin mclaughlin is live for us. good morning, erin. >> reporter: good mo
." >> i'm john berman. the obama administration trying to stop the battle with the ukrainian government and pro-russian separatists there. secretary of state john kerry meeting about u.s. defensive aid. the secretary also backed the ukrainian prime minister claim that russia is directly supporting the rebels with tanks and troops. >> i would ask him simply mr. prime minister is it true that as the kremlin just said today, there are no russians on the ground? >> it seems...
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john berman has the morning off. 4:00 a.m. in the east. egypt launching air strikes against isis targets in libya following the release of a video. this video appears to show the mass beheading of 21 egyptian christians. christians who were kidnapped in libya. egypt's president vowed to avenge those murders. could egypt have more military plans against isis in the works? cnn's ian lee is live in cairo. ian, the world is waking up to horror of the video and new act of violence. simply barbaric act from isis. these christians were killed because of their religion. >> reporter: that's right. when they were kidnapped in december and january, isis militants took them from buses, took them from where they were living. they left the muslim companions and took the christians and yesterday, they released the gruesome video of them taken out on the beach in libya. a militant giving the speech before being beheaded. the production quality of the video is similar to what we have seen in iraq and syria showing communication between the two groups. in t
john berman has the morning off. 4:00 a.m. in the east. egypt launching air strikes against isis targets in libya following the release of a video. this video appears to show the mass beheading of 21 egyptian christians. christians who were kidnapped in libya. egypt's president vowed to avenge those murders. could egypt have more military plans against isis in the works? cnn's ian lee is live in cairo. ian, the world is waking up to horror of the video and new act of violence. simply barbaric...
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i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is friday february 20th. >> that was a meek friday. >> it is cold. it was a meek cold friday. new this morning, the pentagon revealing plans to force isis out of iraq's second largest city mosul. some 20,000 to 25,000 troops could be committed to retaking mosul months from now. this leads to the question if american troops could be involved. correspondent barbara starr tracking that story for us. >> reporter: john and christine, the pentagon offering details about an upcoming military operation in iraq. iraqi forces now getting ready to try to retake mosul. iraq's second largest city. isis capturing it last year. the plan is to find the iraqi forces and brigades to try to go to mosul, perhaps as soon as early april or may. pretty specific information. more than 20,000 troops. also peshmerga forces who will try to cut off any isis escape routes north and west of mosul. the question is what role will u.s. troops play besides the ongoing coalition air strikes. still on the table, not
i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. it is friday february 20th. >> that was a meek friday. >> it is cold. it was a meek cold friday. new this morning, the pentagon revealing plans to force isis out of iraq's second largest city mosul. some 20,000 to 25,000 troops could be committed to retaking mosul months from now. this leads to the question if american troops could be involved. correspondent barbara starr tracking that story for us. >> reporter: john and...
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i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. in the wake of the horrifying crash in taiwan officials are grounding all model atr-72 planes. so far, 32 people confirmed dead in wednesday's crash. 15 injured and 11 are still missing. investigators have downloaded data from the plane's black boxes. they will analyze dash cam video of the crash and this brief transmission from the cockpit declaring an engine flameout and may day. >> may day. may day. engine flameout. >> cnn's anna coren live at the river where the plane came to rest upside down. anna what is the latest on the investigation at this hour? >> reporter: just chilling isn't it? to hear that may day distress call because you know moments later the plane plunged into the river behind me in t'aipei. we are standing beneath that overpass where the plane's wing clipped that taxi and the bridge and as i say, dived into the river with 58 people on board. 15 people managed to survive. it is a miracle when you see the debris of the plane. they removed most of that debris. today i
i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. in the wake of the horrifying crash in taiwan officials are grounding all model atr-72 planes. so far, 32 people confirmed dead in wednesday's crash. 15 injured and 11 are still missing. investigators have downloaded data from the plane's black boxes. they will analyze dash cam video of the crash and this brief transmission from the cockpit declaring an engine flameout and may day. >> may day. may day. engine flameout. >> cnn's anna...
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i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. near the northeast and midwest, digging out from a record-breaking deadly snowstorm. plows struggling to keep up with the heavy and wet snow on top of all the big accumulations from last week. boston smashed a record for the snowiest seven days in the history at 34.2 inches. the winter storm blamed for ten deaths in seven states. the snow is causing major problems for travel as well. more than 4,300 flights canceled. more scratched since sunday. is more on the way? let's bring in meteorologist pedram javaheri for the forecast. >> almost over. we will have a bit more snow later this week. a 1,500 mile stretch in the midwest and out to boston with 1 to 2 feet of snow. that is the snow depth across the region. expansive. that will stay in place because the temperatures are cold. 25 to 35 below in interior new england. windchill advisories in place. dangerous temperatures. exposure to your skin, five or six minutes and it could cause permanent damage. chicago, the snowstorm. detroit with
i'm christine romans. >> i'm john berman. near the northeast and midwest, digging out from a record-breaking deadly snowstorm. plows struggling to keep up with the heavy and wet snow on top of all the big accumulations from last week. boston smashed a record for the snowiest seven days in the history at 34.2 inches. the winter storm blamed for ten deaths in seven states. the snow is causing major problems for travel as well. more than 4,300 flights canceled. more scratched since sunday....
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joining me is my arch enemy, john berman. good to see you. first set up the game show for all the viewers wondering what the heck this is. what is the cnn quiz show? >> that is the exact question that i asked when they came to me and said do you want to be on the cnn quiz show. i thought first of all, i thought who would want to watch this. second of all, i thought why on earth would any of us want to be on this? i saw only downside. but jake tapper let me tell you this. having now gone through it it was incredibly fun. i think it is incredibly entertaining. and i think people will learn an awful lot. some of it even accurate. >> these questions were not easy i have to say. you had erin burnett as your designated partner. i had allison camarota from "new day." who was the anchor of your team? >> there is no i in anchor. we came at this from different perspectives. i have a political background like you had. erin has the business background. she was also obsessed. she came in and said i'm really excited about this i have been studying up on pr
joining me is my arch enemy, john berman. good to see you. first set up the game show for all the viewers wondering what the heck this is. what is the cnn quiz show? >> that is the exact question that i asked when they came to me and said do you want to be on the cnn quiz show. i thought first of all, i thought who would want to watch this. second of all, i thought why on earth would any of us want to be on this? i saw only downside. but jake tapper let me tell you this. having now gone...
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john berman and christine romans have the morning off. up first, before the ukraine cease-fire takes effect on sunday, there are concerns whether or not the agreement will hold. the obama administration is skeptical saying more work needs to be done. the deal was reached after marathon talks in minsk with france germany, russia and ukraine. russia could face more european union sanctions if the cease-fire is not respected. what is the take on the lasting peace in ukraine? we have matthew chance joining us from moscow. matthew, we heard one hour yesterday morning from ukraine's president they were far from a deal. the next hour, they had a deal. what is russia saying? >> reporter: i think those comments reflected the reality of the negotiations because russia's president vladimir putin was the first of the leaders to come out and meet the press and talk about, although a difficult night, he jokes to the media he was happy with the result in the morning. he achieved the cease-fire. the withdrawal of heavy weapons from the line of contact in
john berman and christine romans have the morning off. up first, before the ukraine cease-fire takes effect on sunday, there are concerns whether or not the agreement will hold. the obama administration is skeptical saying more work needs to be done. the deal was reached after marathon talks in minsk with france germany, russia and ukraine. russia could face more european union sanctions if the cease-fire is not respected. what is the take on the lasting peace in ukraine? we have matthew chance...
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i'm john john berman. this is "early start." christine romans is off today. the city of boston is buried under 2 feet of snow. this is 2 more feet of snow. it is shattering snowfall records in the region. boston's snow depth restgisters about 37 inches. that is the largest recorded. the weight is tough on roofs. especially this sheet metal plant. workers made it out safely. >> suddenly heard a hissing sound. >> all of a sudden a hissing sound and the ceiling started buckling. >> the guys working with us started yelling get out. >> the entire city of boston essentially shutdown today. subways offline. 48 passengers had to being evacuated when they were stuck on the red line. the problem now is mountains of snow everywhere and really just no place to put it. everyone has been told to stay indoors. miguel marquez shows us why. >> reporter: john we are not on your beloved streets of boston but close. we are in hull. we can usually see boston and the airport from here if it were not such a stormy night. i'll don the goggles and show you something. they had over 24
i'm john john berman. this is "early start." christine romans is off today. the city of boston is buried under 2 feet of snow. this is 2 more feet of snow. it is shattering snowfall records in the region. boston's snow depth restgisters about 37 inches. that is the largest recorded. the weight is tough on roofs. especially this sheet metal plant. workers made it out safely. >> suddenly heard a hissing sound. >> all of a sudden a hissing sound and the ceiling started...
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i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. happening now. three brooklyn men in federal custody this morning charged in connection with the alleged plot to join isis in syria. these men also discussed committing acts of terror on american soil including an attempt on president obama's life. that's what the fbi says. fbi agents arrested one of the men, a 19-year-old from kazakhstan. arrested him at kennedy airport preparing to board a plane to turkey. his 24-year-old friend from uzbekistan was to join him later. a 30-year-old was financing the operation. we have deborah feyerick with the latest. >> reporter: john and christine, two of the three men were in federal court. the hearing was delayed for a couple of hours because one wanted a translator to understand the charges and documents that were filed against him. the 19-year-old was picked up as he was on the jetway ready to board that plane to turkey. that's when he was arrested. the third man, the money man, he was at a hearing in florida. he owns a series of kiosks in philadelphia savann
i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. happening now. three brooklyn men in federal custody this morning charged in connection with the alleged plot to join isis in syria. these men also discussed committing acts of terror on american soil including an attempt on president obama's life. that's what the fbi says. fbi agents arrested one of the men, a 19-year-old from kazakhstan. arrested him at kennedy airport preparing to board a plane to turkey. his 24-year-old friend from uzbekistan...
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i'm poppy harlow in for john berman and christine romans who have the morning off. it is friday, february 13th. up first, before the cease-fire begins in ukraine on sunday there are concerns about whether the agreement will hold. the obama administration remains skeptical saying more work needs to be done. the deal was reached after the 17-hour long talk in minsk with france germany, russia and ukraine. some warning that russia could face more sanctions if the cease-fire is not respected. what is the take on the lasting prospects for peace in ukraine? let's go straight to matthew chance who joins us in moscow. matthew, what is the perception of the people on the ground there? the breaking news came here yesterday when a deal was reached and just an hour before both sides were far apart. >> reporter: the russians certainly have welcomed this. when both sides seem so far apart, it was the ukrainian delegation that had come outside. we have no good news. we are far from agreement. shortly after that they went back into the negotiating room with bruising diplomacy that
i'm poppy harlow in for john berman and christine romans who have the morning off. it is friday, february 13th. up first, before the cease-fire begins in ukraine on sunday there are concerns about whether the agreement will hold. the obama administration remains skeptical saying more work needs to be done. the deal was reached after the 17-hour long talk in minsk with france germany, russia and ukraine. some warning that russia could face more sanctions if the cease-fire is not respected. what...
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john berman and christine romans have the day off. breaking news on the crisis in ukraine after marathon talks with germany and russia and ukraine and france after 17 hours of talks, they had a breakthrough. the cease-fire is scheduled to take effect this weekend. we have nic robertson live in minsk. we don't have all of details, but the cease-fire is supposed to take effect this weekend? >> reporter: midnight saturday into sunday is what we are expecting. we had this information, president putin giving a statement following the talks. he said there was an agreement on the cease-fire and pull back heavy weapons and agreement with the separatists and ukrainian forces. we are beginning to learn more some flesh on the bones of the agreement, president putin said there will be constitutional reform to respect the rights of the separatists in the southeastern ukraine in the donbass area. we heard from the foreign minister as well that they did not get agreement on everything but an agreement on elections, according to german foreign minist
john berman and christine romans have the day off. breaking news on the crisis in ukraine after marathon talks with germany and russia and ukraine and france after 17 hours of talks, they had a breakthrough. the cease-fire is scheduled to take effect this weekend. we have nic robertson live in minsk. we don't have all of details, but the cease-fire is supposed to take effect this weekend? >> reporter: midnight saturday into sunday is what we are expecting. we had this information,...
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john berman has the day off. breaking news overnight. egypt launching air strikes on targets in libya following the release of the video claiming to show the mass beheading of 21 egyptian christians. christians kidnapped in libya. egypt's president had vowed to avenge the murders. we have cnn's ian lee live in cairo. it is another chapter in the brutal story of isis. >> reporter: that's right, christine. a lot of messages we're taking away from the latest video. watching the high production quality and similar to what we have seen in iraq and syria. these men are taken out on the to beach and beheaded. in the video, a militant gives a speech in english. warning the christian community here in egypt. he talks to the egyptian government and europe. libya is right on europe's door step. for egypt, president cici was under a lot of press tour reure to react and react quickly. he gave a speech saying he reserves the right to act out. he used f-16s targeting places in durna. christine. >> thank you for that. air strikes from the egyptian gover
john berman has the day off. breaking news overnight. egypt launching air strikes on targets in libya following the release of the video claiming to show the mass beheading of 21 egyptian christians. christians kidnapped in libya. egypt's president had vowed to avenge the murders. we have cnn's ian lee live in cairo. it is another chapter in the brutal story of isis. >> reporter: that's right, christine. a lot of messages we're taking away from the latest video. watching the high...
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. >> i'm john berman. it is friday february 6th. the obama administration doing what it can to try to stop the escalating battle for eastern ukraine. the battle raging with the ukrainian forces and pro-russian separatists and russian troops as well. secretary of state john kerry was meeting with ukrainian officials about possible u.s. defensive weapons aid. the secretary also backed the ukrainian prime minister claim that russia is directly supporting with tanks and troops. >> i would ask mr. prime minister is it true that as the kremlin just said today there are no russians on the ground? >> it seems to me the only country who strongly denied clear military russian boots on the ground is russian federation and president putin. if they need, i can give them bring glasses. >> a flurry of diplomatic activity. leaders of france and germany trying to hammer out a peace deal. they met with petro poroshenko. vice president biden will be part of the push. he is in brucesselsbrussels. let's go to erin mclaughlin live in moscow with the late
. >> i'm john berman. it is friday february 6th. the obama administration doing what it can to try to stop the escalating battle for eastern ukraine. the battle raging with the ukrainian forces and pro-russian separatists and russian troops as well. secretary of state john kerry was meeting with ukrainian officials about possible u.s. defensive weapons aid. the secretary also backed the ukrainian prime minister claim that russia is directly supporting with tanks and troops. >> i...
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"ac360" with john berman starts right now. >>> john berman sitting in for anderson. we begin with breaking news. blizzard warnings up again for a whole lot of people tonight. people thought the recent one two punch, actually one two three punch that buried them in three feet of snow and more in some places they thought it might be it for a while. nope. on the way, more snow hurricane force winds and now bitter bitter cold. so from the midwest to maine, tens of millions of people including those poor souls in boston are getting ready to face it all over again. let's bring in ivan cabrera
"ac360" with john berman starts right now. >>> john berman sitting in for anderson. we begin with breaking news. blizzard warnings up again for a whole lot of people tonight. people thought the recent one two punch, actually one two three punch that buried them in three feet of snow and more in some places they thought it might be it for a while. nope. on the way, more snow hurricane force winds and now bitter bitter cold. so from the midwest to maine, tens of millions of...
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our thanks to john berman for that report. >>> it is valentine's day weekend, and that means love is in the air. but if you don't have a significant other to spoil with chocolates and roses newt ss not to worry. you can pretend to have one at the with the help of a crafty website. >> getting off work coming bystrawberries. >> reporter: it's a holiday for those in love lots of love and romance. >> for someone wanting nothing to do with this romantic holiday, they're able to focus on their personal life. >> foot loose and fancy-free. >> reporter: that's where the website invisible girlfriend and boyfriend come off. you can give off the appearance of having a relationship. >> there are some that think our product shouldn't exist. but there seems to be this situation pressure out there that even i find myself kind of judging people from time to time on their relationship status. and i've learned to hold back. >> hello, i'm here. >> hi. >> hi i'm samantha. >> this is not creating a love interest but only the perception of one. complete with text messages photos and voice mails. the reason
our thanks to john berman for that report. >>> it is valentine's day weekend, and that means love is in the air. but if you don't have a significant other to spoil with chocolates and roses newt ss not to worry. you can pretend to have one at the with the help of a crafty website. >> getting off work coming bystrawberries. >> reporter: it's a holiday for those in love lots of love and romance. >> for someone wanting nothing to do with this romantic holiday, they're...
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i'm john berman. it's 4:00 a.m. in the east. christine romans is off today. breaking news overnight. the united states closing down its embassy in yemen. the state department has evacuated dozens of diplomatic officials from its compound in sana'a while urging all americans to leave that country immediately. there are growing concerns about security now that shiite rebels have seized control of the yemeni government eliminating a key u.s. ally in the war on terror. the situation there is one of a political vacuum. there is concern there's a complete lack of control in that country right now. the shiite rebels who now control the country, they are anti-al qaeda, but they are also anti-american. that creates a problem for the u.s. as they want to fight terrorism in that country. >>> other news this is the day president obama could formally ask congress to officially authorize the war against isis. his request will limit the type of ground forces the u.s. could deploy. and it comes on the heels of the shattering news that american hostage kayla mueller is dead.
i'm john berman. it's 4:00 a.m. in the east. christine romans is off today. breaking news overnight. the united states closing down its embassy in yemen. the state department has evacuated dozens of diplomatic officials from its compound in sana'a while urging all americans to leave that country immediately. there are growing concerns about security now that shiite rebels have seized control of the yemeni government eliminating a key u.s. ally in the war on terror. the situation there is one of...
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john berman cnn, new york. >>> cnn did reach out to nbc regarding this story and a spokeswoman declined to offer us any comment at all. we'll keep you posted though. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," find your valentine and snuggle up. the coldest air of the winter is coming and boston may get hit again. oh jennifer gray that's just wrong. >> it is just wrong, carol. temperatures 5 degrees below zero in some places this morning, and it is only going to get colder. add to that a blizzard watch in place. we'll explain all the details after the break. >>> blizzard watches are bombarding new england once again. with mailboxes already buried one creative bruins fan is making sure his valentines can get delivered this weekend. pretty clever right? jokes aside, many aren't feeling the love. they're kind of sick of it now, right? >> can't see anybody. they can't walk around. you can't drive around. i mean somebody's got to do something about this. >> i don't know who. maybe god? i don't know. we'll ask. i've got one of my producer's moms kathleen prudel on the phone, she lives in cranston rh
john berman cnn, new york. >>> cnn did reach out to nbc regarding this story and a spokeswoman declined to offer us any comment at all. we'll keep you posted though. >>> still to come in the "newsroom," find your valentine and snuggle up. the coldest air of the winter is coming and boston may get hit again. oh jennifer gray that's just wrong. >> it is just wrong, carol. temperatures 5 degrees below zero in some places this morning, and it is only going to get...
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i'm john berman. it is tuesday, february 10th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. christine romans is off today. we begin with a state of emergency in massachusetts. the city of boston at its breaking point. buried by 2 new feet of snow. this is the third major storm in two weeks. it is shattering snowfall records in the region. the snow depth in boston registers 37 inches. that is the deepest ever recorded there. the weight of all that snow is too much to bear for so many roofs. check out this sheet metal plant. seven workers trapped inside when the roof collapsed. luckily they did make it out safely. >> heard a big hissing sound. >> all of a sudden a hissing sound and creaking sound. >> the guys working started yelling get out. >> let's get to the snowy streets of boston. rosa flores is there. good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. you said it just right. so much snow can take a dangerous turn. just take a look around me. the snow banks are turned into snow hills. let me measure this quickly here. you can see and this is probably hitting some ice. this is
i'm john berman. it is tuesday, february 10th. 5:00 a.m. in the east. christine romans is off today. we begin with a state of emergency in massachusetts. the city of boston at its breaking point. buried by 2 new feet of snow. this is the third major storm in two weeks. it is shattering snowfall records in the region. the snow depth in boston registers 37 inches. that is the deepest ever recorded there. the weight of all that snow is too much to bear for so many roofs. check out this sheet metal...
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i'm john berman. 31 minutes after the hour. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. breaking overnight, the kingdom of jordan has executed two terrorists one of them the woman who isis tried to trade for the life of a captured jordanian fighter pilot. jordan hanging would-be suicide bomber sajida al rishawi at dawn doing that after isis released the horrific video that appeared to show this pilot being burned alive. cnn is not showing any part of this video. it's isis propaganda. but jordanians are outraged. people around the world are outraged. in jordan there are demonstrations on the streets. demands of vengeance. and the government there is vowing to oblige. a spokesman says the pilot's blood will not be shed in vain. jordan's king abdullah cut short a visit to washington to return home. he is expected to land in jordan shortly. cnn's becky anderson joins us now for the latest. becky, good morning. >> reporter: good morning, john. and the king's arrival in about a half hour coincides w
i'm john berman. 31 minutes after the hour. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. breaking overnight, the kingdom of jordan has executed two terrorists one of them the woman who isis tried to trade for the life of a captured jordanian fighter pilot. jordan hanging would-be suicide bomber sajida al rishawi at dawn doing that after isis released the horrific video that appeared to show this pilot being burned alive. cnn is not showing any part of this...
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i'm john berman. it is tuesday, february 24th. new this morning, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell trying to break the stalemate over the funding of the department of homeland security. a vote late yesterday, another failed vote in the senate to adopt the house version of the funding bill. after that the senate majority leader announced what he will try to do is split the issues. split the immigration issue. try to have two votes. maybe that will make things happen. democrats and republicans express doubt if that can be passed by the end of the week at all. non-essential employees will be sent home and essential employees will be forced to work without pay if the department shuts down. michelle kosinski has more on the story. >> reporter: the administration says it looks like the political showdown is heading for a shutdown for the department of homeland security. for the first time we are hearing the administration, the president himself spell out that cutting off funding for dhs will have a direct impact on national securit
i'm john berman. it is tuesday, february 24th. new this morning, senate majority leader mitch mcconnell trying to break the stalemate over the funding of the department of homeland security. a vote late yesterday, another failed vote in the senate to adopt the house version of the funding bill. after that the senate majority leader announced what he will try to do is split the issues. split the immigration issue. try to have two votes. maybe that will make things happen. democrats and...
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i'm john berman. christine romans is off today. we begin with the west with the bloodshed in ukraine. angela merkel meets with president obama this morning. the chancellor favors sanctions if vladimir putin does not agree to end the fighting in ukraine by wednesday. president obama is facing pressure to arm ukraine. something that germany strongly opposes. our frederik pleitgen is live in kiev this morning. there may be differing opinions but unity needs to be done fred. >> reporter: there certainly is. if you ask the ukrainian president petro poroshenko he said it is absolutely key to get some sort of cease-fire agreement. of course there were talks that happened over the weekend. a phone call yesterday between vladimir putin and petro poroshenko of ukraine that involved merkel and the french president where they decided to get the peace negotiations going for wednesday in minsk in the capital of belarus. this indicates the first order of business for the ukrainian government is freezing the conflict. getting the fighting to stop.
i'm john berman. christine romans is off today. we begin with the west with the bloodshed in ukraine. angela merkel meets with president obama this morning. the chancellor favors sanctions if vladimir putin does not agree to end the fighting in ukraine by wednesday. president obama is facing pressure to arm ukraine. something that germany strongly opposes. our frederik pleitgen is live in kiev this morning. there may be differing opinions but unity needs to be done fred. >> reporter:...
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i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. the northeast and midwest digging out from the deadly record-breaking snowstorm. snow plows struggle to keep up with the heavy wet snowfall. this on top of deep accumulation accumulations last week. boston smashing a record for the snowiest seven days in the city's history. 34.2 inches in a week. the giant winter storm blamed for ten deaths in seven states. in massachusetts, a 57-year-old woman hit by a snow plow walking through a parking lot. the snow caused havoc in the air as well. more than 4,300 flights canceled on top of thousands more scratched on sunday. let's bring in meteorologist chad myers outside of the cnn studios in new york. have we turned the corner? it is so cold it feels different as it gets colder. >> reporter: i was standing on a watered down margarita. this is now a full on sno-cone. areas that have been salted have frozen up again. this is a shinny mess. it looks like it could be black ice. >> we can't hear chad. darn. >> it is so cold, it frozen his equipment.
i'm john berman. >> i'm christine romans. the northeast and midwest digging out from the deadly record-breaking snowstorm. snow plows struggle to keep up with the heavy wet snowfall. this on top of deep accumulation accumulations last week. boston smashing a record for the snowiest seven days in the city's history. 34.2 inches in a week. the giant winter storm blamed for ten deaths in seven states. in massachusetts, a 57-year-old woman hit by a snow plow walking through a parking lot. the...
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john berman here sitting in for anderson tonight. a new ryan williams war story emerges and quickly comes under fire. we have exclusive reporting to get right to the truth of the matter or the lack thereof and we have breaking news. brian stelter and tom learned nbc investigation is nowhere near done, the words of a senior network source. it has widened, we are now learning beyond his initial inaccurate account of the 2003 iraq war mission in which he falsely claimed his chopper was hit by enemy hire. there are new questions about his account of being in berlin when the wall came down and his claims that he met pope john paul ii in college. huffington post another questionable story come to light like the one that got him suspended for six months involves a helicopter a dangerous mission and troops that he bonded with. and just like that story, this one is utterly compelling. it is packed with a vivid detail and masterfully told. a gripping account of flying in iraq during the war with seal team 6 and later being sent to souvenir fro
john berman here sitting in for anderson tonight. a new ryan williams war story emerges and quickly comes under fire. we have exclusive reporting to get right to the truth of the matter or the lack thereof and we have breaking news. brian stelter and tom learned nbc investigation is nowhere near done, the words of a senior network source. it has widened, we are now learning beyond his initial inaccurate account of the 2003 iraq war mission in which he falsely claimed his chopper was hit by...
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. >> i'm john berman. great to see you today. a serious weather situation threatening to paralyze a huge swath of the deep south. cold, ice, snow, three things that some cities down there find almost impossible to deal with. schools are shut down. some government offices closed. 50 million people right now living in 14 states are under winter storm warnings and advisories from texas to virginia. the worst of it will come tonight and tomorrow morning. >> chad myers is in atlanta for us. chad, i remember this just a little more than a year ago you and i talking. a city that was paralyzed when it was hit with some snow and some ice. what's it going to look like this time around? >> reporter: a lot of schools got canceled already today in preparation for this. that will stop a lot of cars from being on the road tonight when it does start. it's going to start here in atlanta proper around 4:00 or 5:00. it will be rain but rain and 32. sleet too. if you take and think about this map, we're talking all of the way from dallas, texas, jus
. >> i'm john berman. great to see you today. a serious weather situation threatening to paralyze a huge swath of the deep south. cold, ice, snow, three things that some cities down there find almost impossible to deal with. schools are shut down. some government offices closed. 50 million people right now living in 14 states are under winter storm warnings and advisories from texas to virginia. the worst of it will come tonight and tomorrow morning. >> chad myers is in atlanta for...
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. >> i'm john berman. good to see you. it's wednesday, february 4th. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. a busy morning. breaking overnight, the kingdom of jordan has executed two terrorists. one of them the woman that isis was trying to trade for along with the captured -- with a captured jordanian fighter pilot. jordan hanging would-be suicide bomber sajida al rishawi at dawn after isis released a horrific video that appeared to show the pilot being burned alive. cnn is not showing any part of this video. it is pure isis propaganda. jordanians people around the world are outraged. in jordan people on the streets demanding vengeance and the government vowing to oblige. a government spokesman saying the pilot's blood will not be shed in vain. jordan's king abdullah cut short a visit to washington to return home. he is expected to land in amman any minute. becky anderson live with the latest. becky? >> reporter: yeah those crowds you saw overnight now spilling towards the airport, anticipating the king's immine
. >> i'm john berman. good to see you. it's wednesday, february 4th. we want to welcome our viewers here in the united states and around the world. a busy morning. breaking overnight, the kingdom of jordan has executed two terrorists. one of them the woman that isis was trying to trade for along with the captured -- with a captured jordanian fighter pilot. jordan hanging would-be suicide bomber sajida al rishawi at dawn after isis released a horrific video that appeared to show the pilot...
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. >> i'm john berman. great to see you. it's wednesday, february 25th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. breaking overnight, a verdict in the american sniper murder trial. eddie ray routh was found guilty of the murder of chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. the jury did not seem persuaded by routh's claim that he was not guilty by reason of insanity. again, this happened overnight. cnn's ed lavandera was at the courthouse for the verdict. ed. >> reporter: john and christine, it was a swift verdict. it took the jury here in stephenville, texas, less than 2 1/2 hours to convict eddie ray routh of the murders of chris kyle and chad littlefield. rejecting his claims and his arguments that he was insane at the time of these murders back in february of 2013. this means that eddie ray routh will spend the rest of his life in prison without the possibility of parole. inside the courtroom, chad littlefield's father and stepbrother spoke directly to eddie ray routh after the verdict, calling him an american disgrace. and chad littlefield's mother spoke with reporters just after the verdict
. >> i'm john berman. great to see you. it's wednesday, february 25th. it is 5:00 a.m. in the east. breaking overnight, a verdict in the american sniper murder trial. eddie ray routh was found guilty of the murder of chris kyle and his friend chad littlefield. the jury did not seem persuaded by routh's claim that he was not guilty by reason of insanity. again, this happened overnight. cnn's ed lavandera was at the courthouse for the verdict. ed. >> reporter: john and christine, it...
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and john s. berman and andy scholes live outside the stadium. and our reporter for "entertainment tonight." normally i'd start with the lady. i have to talk to my man, andy what it felt like in the stadium, if you can recall the moment when the call was made and the end result. i understand it was packed with seahawks fans in the stadium. >> reporter: absolutely. i'd say it was 70-30 seahawks fans and they were pretty much celebrating like they were going to win the game. why wouldn't they? patriots fans that were in attendance were pretty much wiping aware their tears thinking they had lost their third straight super bowl and then the play we're talking about, malcolm comes up with an amazing question. why the seahawks decided not to run the ball is the million dollar question this morning. >> john berman how much are you lording this over him? >> the whole thing is still unbelievable to me. two plays before when jermaine kearse caught the ball in the best play ever seen i was certain the patriots would lose because they would hand the ball off
and john s. berman and andy scholes live outside the stadium. and our reporter for "entertainment tonight." normally i'd start with the lady. i have to talk to my man, andy what it felt like in the stadium, if you can recall the moment when the call was made and the end result. i understand it was packed with seahawks fans in the stadium. >> reporter: absolutely. i'd say it was 70-30 seahawks fans and they were pretty much celebrating like they were going to win the game. why...
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. >> john berman, did he only say abraham lincoln? >> pretty much. they were all right. >> this is the guy who got the money thing. >> which face is on the money? >> let's take a look at your four presidents. it would be funny if they were all the same president. jimmy carter, dwight d. eisenhower, ronald reagan, ulysses s. grant. jake, i'll start with you. jake, he was president of a college before entering the white house. >> dwight d. eisenhower. >> first president born in a hospital. >> carter. >> that is correct. he served five years as president of a labor union. >> reagan. >> the first president to appoint an african-american executive assistant. >> carter. >> incorrect. eisenhower. his nickname was unconditional surrender. >> grant. >> correct. he became bankrupt after his presidency. >> grant. >> correct. appointed the first female supreme court justice. >> grant. >> first televised news press conference. >> eisenhower. >> that is correct. upon graduation from west point -- >> grant. >> collected bottles and arrowheads. >> reagan? >> incorre
. >> john berman, did he only say abraham lincoln? >> pretty much. they were all right. >> this is the guy who got the money thing. >> which face is on the money? >> let's take a look at your four presidents. it would be funny if they were all the same president. jimmy carter, dwight d. eisenhower, ronald reagan, ulysses s. grant. jake, i'll start with you. jake, he was president of a college before entering the white house. >> dwight d. eisenhower. >>...